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UK providing £2.5m in humanitarian support to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

UK experts have also been deployed to the region to assist with the disaster response and recovery.

Evening Standard

Category 5 storm melissa devastates Jamaica

Streets were submerged in Kingston on Tuesday after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the most powerful storm to strike the island since records began 174 years ago.

Euronews

The Latest: Hundreds of thousands evacuate as Hurricane Melissa hits eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record

The Independent UK

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Towns underwater, 185mph winds and half a million without power: Hurricane Melissa’s path of destruction devastates Jamaica

STORM OF THE CENTURY: Thousands of tourists remain stranded, with airports closed after the storm battered the Caribbean island before heading to Cuba, Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa Targets Southeast Bahamas and Bermuda After Historic Category 5 Jamaica Landfall

Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica with 185 mph winds as a historic Category 5 storm, before targeting Cuba, the southeast Bahamas, and Bermuda, prompting widespread evacuations and international emergency response.

International Business Times UK

First Thing: Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba

Parish of St Elizabeth ‘under water’ after Jamaica’s ‘storm of the century’. Plus, Trump and Xi to meet for first time since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Hurricane Melissa grew into one of the most powerful Atlantic tropical cyclones in recorded history on Oct. 28, 2025, hitting western Jamaica with 185 mph sustained winds. The Category 5 hurricane blew roofs off buildings and knocked down power lines, its torrential rainfall generated mudslides and flash flooding, and its…

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Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica?

Storm has left an ‘unprecedented catastrophe’ in its wake after killing dozens and inflicting billions in damage across the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

The Independent UK

Scientists explain how Hurricane Melissa became a 'beast' among a string of monster Atlantic storms

When Melissa came ashore, it tied strength records for Atlantic hurricanes making landfall, both in wind speed and barometric pressure, a key measurement used by meteorologists.

Euronews

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba, over 700,000 evacuated

More than half a million people were evacuated in Cuba, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, and forecasters said the Category 3 storm would unleash significant damage in Santiago de Cuba and nearby areas.

Euronews

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after devastating Jamaica with catastrophic damage in 'worst storm this century'

Cuban authorities have evacuated more than 700,000 people as Jamaica’s prime minister declares his nation a ‘disaster area’

Evening Standard

Hurricane Melissa live updates: ‘Catastrophic’ storm kills over 30 in the Caribbean as it moves through the Bahamas

Hurricane Melissa is expected to move across the Bahamas on Wednesday evening

The Independent UK

British tourists stranded as Hurricane Melissa unleashes ‘catastrophic winds’ across Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record’ in the Atlantic basin

The Independent UK

Thousands of Britons stranded as Hurricane Melissa wreaks havoc on Jamaica

The US National Hurricane Centre said Melissa was ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin’.

Evening Standard

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Watch: Streets flood in Kingston as Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 295 km/h, the strongest in 174 years. Streets in Kingston were flooded and power cuts hit a third of the island. Officials warn of a four-metre storm surge as Melissa heads toward Cuba.

The Independent UK

Melissa is a beast among a string of monster Atlantic storms. Scientists explain

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds, and its strength defied typical weakening factors

Evening Standard

British tourist ‘completely let down’ by UK’s response to Hurricane Melissa

David Rowe was on holiday in Jamaica with his wife and two children for 10 days before deciding to return to the UK early because of the storm.

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with 185mph winds as thousands flee homes

Britons urged to alert Foreign Office of presence on island as ‘trillions of gallons’ of water set to fall amid power cuts

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International Business Times UK

TikTok Influencer Slammed for 'Insensitive' Jamaica Holiday as Locals Flee Hurricane Melissa

TikTok influencer Hannah Grubs faces backlash for vacationing in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa forces evacuations and devastates locals struggling to survive the storm.

Evening Standard

British tourists locked down in hotels as 185mph Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica

As many as 8,000 British citizens are in Jamaica, with people ordered to stay inside to avoid the world’s strongest storm of the year so far.

The Guardian - UK

‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba

Minister says parish of St Elizabeth is ‘under water’ and that families were trapped in their homes in the community of Black River in western Jamaica

Axios

"Catastrophic" Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

Jamaican officials confirmed 3 storm-related deaths on Monday evening, before the hurricane made landfall.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Jamaica is hit by most violent storm in its history

Watch a live view of Hurricane Melissa making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday (28 October).

The Independent UK

Tourists on hotel lockdown among thousands of Britons at risk as Storm Melissa batters Jamaica

All of Caribbean islands airports shut as world’s strongest storm of year so far set to make landfall

The Independent UK

What to know about Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, threatens Jamaica with damaging winds, heavy rain, and flash floods

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